Who is Ann Dollard?
The very last credit title in the film says, "this film is dedicated to ANN DOLLARD 1956 - 1988". Just curious, who was she?
shareI think I went to the Steven Soderbergh Board and asked, but got no reply. I could google.
Google took me to a site where someone asked the same question, but did not seem to have a reply.
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Further googling took me here:
http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/archives/220950.php
Wikipedia offers up this biographical background:
Pat was a Hollywood talent agent, manager, and producer most known for guiding the career of Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh from his neophyte "sex, lies & videotape" days on up through "Ocean's Twelve" and his multi-picture deal with Mark Cuban's HDNET cable channel. Dollard came from a long line of liberals, and Robert Kennedy, Jr. delivered the eulogy at the funeral of his sister, Ann Dollard. Despite this, Dollard became known as a rare Hollywood conservative in the mid-90's, and is now known as a conservative filmmaker, journalist and pundit. He has been widely attacked by the left for the pro-war stance displayed in early clips of his documentary series "Young Americans". He is becoming known as the right wing version of Michael Moore and Hunter S. Thompson.
Wikipedia also offers up this summary of his activities in Iraq:
While still running a management company, repping Soderbergh and helping to service Soderbergh and George Clooney's production company at Warner Brothers (Section 8 Films), Dollard decided to do a little side project for a few weeks in the three worst combat zones in Iraq: Fallujah, The Triangle of Death, and Ramadi. What was supposed to be a 2-4 week quickie documentary, morphed instead into a 7 month, graphic, unfettered portrait of the frontline hell of these three combat zones. Dollard lived constantly in the dangerous "hootches" with the Marines he covered, and patrolled with them and was severely wounded on more than one occasion. He shot 700 hours of hi-def footage, as reported by the website "Confederate Yankee". His work has been discussed at U.S. News and World Report, Variety, the Huffington Post, the New York Times, Fox News (Guest Appearance), The Washington Times, and "Vanity Fair".
Wikipedia no longer mentions Ann Dollard. Apologies for the link. Claiming that liberalism is a persistent vegetative state is so typical of the puerile name-calling indulged in by the majority of US conservatives that I have encountered.
We cannot catwalk naked!
I can't remember her exact relationship with SS. She was his agent or manager or something along those lines before he filmed Sex, Lies. If I remember right, she was in a horse riding accident and was a vegetable for a bit before they had to pull the plug. She was a good friend right before he was to become famous and that is where the dedication is from.
shareOkay, i found the book I was trying to remember all this from and yes, she was Steven's agent and helped culture the script and put together the movie. She was in a horseback riding accident and died only about one month before photography on Sex, Lies began in Aug. of 1988. Hope that helps.
The book I'm referring to is here:
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-lies-videotape-Steven-Soderbergh/dp/B001ALR18M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220380408&sr=1-1
It is a making of and includes the screenplay. If you are a fan of the film or filmmaking in general, i would recommend it.
Thanks to all for your replies. Wow, I almost forgot I had posted this question on the message board all those months ago.
Also, branching off-topic slightly, I popped in sex, lies, and videotape a few months ago and serendipitously stumbled across the director's commentary audio track on the DVD. On a whim, I decided to listen to that track all the way through the movie, and boy, was I entertained! SS and Neil LaBute chew the fat on various topics related SL&V, its principal actors, the characters they play, and movie making in general. Highly recommended.